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Dear RDF members,</div>
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I recently participated in a workshop at the <a href="https://ahc.leeds.ac.uk/ethics" id="LPlnk" class="OWAAutoLink" title="https://ahc.leeds.ac.uk/ethics">
IDEA</a> centre in Leeds University on Human-AI relationships. </div>
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During the workshop it was decided to write a letter to highlight the potential risks and acceptable use of AI in online dating, where people are seeking intimacy and may be vulnerable.</div>
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If you would like to sign the letter, please email Luke: L.Brunning1@leeds.ac.uk</div>
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Welcome to the IDEA Centre (Inter-Disciplinary Ethics Applied) – a specialist unit for teaching, research, training, and consultancy in applied ethics, which this year celebrates its 20th anniversary.</div>
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Thank you.</div>
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Best regards,</div>
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Elvira</div>
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<div>Here is the final version of the open letter draft, after the (minimal) </div>
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<div>I will now discuss this with my contact at the Guardian to see if we can have it published. </div>
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<div>Currently, the following have explicitly agreed to add their names: </div>
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<div>Paula Sweeny, Pilar Lopez-Cantero, Eli Israel, Anastasiia Babash, Sophie Goddard, Elvira Vallejos, Natasha McKeever, Simone Degn and myself. </div>
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<div>Can anyone else who’d like to sign their name let me know and I can add you. If you have colleagues working in relevant areas who might also want to add their name, please let me know or have them contact me. </div>
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<div>Luke</div>
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New book: <a href="https://www.politybooks.com/bookdetail?book_slug=romantic-agency-loving-well-in-modern-life--9781509551521" id="OWA451b6199-1bf4-44f8-989a-8673a4ef5c29" class="OWAAutoLink" data-auth="NotApplicable">
Romantic Agency</a></div>
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